Article displaying and vending cabinet



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Patented Mar. 11, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE A. KBE'BS, OI MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOB, BY HESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO PLOUGE, INC., mrms, TENNESSEE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE ARTICLE DISPLAYING AND VENDING CABINET Application fled April 8,

My invention relates to an article displaying and vending cabinet, and it is an object of the invention to rovide a device of this character, in whic articles such as for example aspirin or the like contained in small boxes may be shipped, displayed and vended; all as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanfying drawings,

which are made a. art hereo and on which similar reference c aracters indicate similar Figure '1 is a rear perspective illustrating one application of my invention,

Figure 2, a plan view of the blank which forms the compartments of the carton,

Figure 3, a rear elevation with the supporting member fiat or in the position for packing and shipping,

so fFigure 4, a transverse section on line 4-4 Fi g re 5, a longitudinal section on line 5-5 of Fig. 3, and

Figure 6 is a perspective of the device.

25 In the drawings, reference character 10 indicates the front of an article displaying and vending cabinet havingla plurality of upri ht slots or openings 11 be ind which the artic es displayed areadapted to be stacked. Enlarged openings 12 at the bottom of each slotserve to permit the removal of the lowermost article in the stack. Also if desired, the device ma be refilled by insertion through these on arged openings. The front member 10 is of a flat piece of relatively stiff material,

such as for example cardboard or the like, behind which are secured compartment forming members 13 and 14.

. The member 13 is of the form shown in Fig. 2, and is provided with transverse crease lines 15 and 16 and longitudinal crease lines 17 and 18, the blank being folded along the lines 15 to form the sides 19 of each compartment, and being folded along the lines 17 to form the ends 20 of each compartment. The blank is also folded along the crease lines 16 and 18 to provide flat portions 21 and 22 parallel to the main body of the blank, held in spaced relation to the blank-by the 'ust The blank w on 1029. mm 80. mass.

in order to space the compartments fairly.

close together. The member 13 is fastened to theback of the member 10 by cement and also by staples 24:, twelve staples being used,

three alon each edge ofthe device.

A re-en orcin back 25 is secured over the member 13 and as its ends turned down at 26 at right angles to the body 25 and paralleling the portions 20 of the blank 13, and its extremity 27 is then turned outwardly in parallel relation to its body 25, fiat against the portion 21 of the blank 13. The member 25 is purely a re-enforcing member which is secured in position by cement and by the sta les 24.

11 order to support the cabinet in slightly inclined position best adapted for advantageously displaying the same and the contents thereof, I provide an easel formed of a blank 28 of a single piece of relatively stiff cardboard or the like, provided with substantially parallel longitudinal crease lines 29 defining a central longitudinal attaching section 30 and side wings or supports 31 which preferablyare tapered from bottom to top, and which are tapered along their bottom edges 32 corresponding to the angle at which the device is desired to be supported. The wings are adapted to be locked in extended position at right angles to the attaching section 30 by means of a flap 33 formed integrally with the easel blank by cuttin the blank, beginnin at the edge of the attac 'ng section outwardly along the line 34 and across the side 35, which forms the free edge of the locking flap 33 with crease lines 36 being provided in order to cause the flap to fold downwardly to a position at right angles to the attaching section of the body of the blank, andin order to secure the wings 31 firmly in fixed osition notches 37 and 38 are formed in the ap, the notches 37 riding past the protuberances 39 on the wing forme by the notches 38 as shown in Fig. 1. The wings are flat against the back of the box when the box is notin display position, being readily moved outwardly to support the box u on a counter or the like from which the go adapted to be removed. In orderto facilitate the removal of the articles from the cab inet, a pluralit of openings 40 are provided, one through t e rear of each compartment, through which the finger may be inserted for slightly elevating and pushing out the article contained in the lower end of thecompartment.

While I have described my device. as intended rimarily for the display of metal boxes 0 aspirin, I do not limit myself to such use, but the same is merely for the purpose of illustration.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made in my device without departin from the spirlt of the invention, and I, t erefore, do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification, but only as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described 111 said invention, what I claim as new an desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A display cabinet or carton comprising are surfaces of the compartments and secured to the front member, substantially as set forth.

3. A display cabinet comprisin a front member adapted to be supported su stantially in upright position, a compartment formmg member secured transversely of the front member and provided with creases defining upright elongated compartments, and a retwenty-nine.

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a relatively stiff front member, a c'ompartment forming member secured to the rear face of the front member and including ,a body having a plurality of transverse folds disposed longitudinally of the front member defining rectangular compartments disposed in slightly spaced parallel relation and of a depth to house artlcles therein, the ends of said compartments being closed by portions formed integrally with the compartment forming blankand secured to the front member of the cabinet, and means for en porting the cabinet in a position for displaying articles contained therein, substantially as set forth.

2. A display cabinet or carton comprising a relatively stiff front member, a compartment formin member secured to the rear face of the ont member and including a body having .a plurality of transverse folds gisfigpsed longitudinally of the front member -ing rectangular compartments disposed in slightly spaced parallel relation and of a depth to house articles therein, the ends of said compartments being closed by portions formed integrally with the compartment forming blank and secured to the front member of the cabinet, and means for supporting the cabinet in a position for displaying art1- v cles contained therein, and a re-enforcin member secured on the back of the device an having its ends bent down into snug engagement with the extremities of the exterior 

